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Iraq punishes MP for visiting Israel
jpost.com — Parliament removes immunity of Mithal al-Alusi, chairman of Iraq's Democratic Party, who made his 3rd trip to Israel last week. 2 lawmakers said al-Alousi's trip was illegal and a humiliation for Iraqis who see Israel as a historical enemy. Al-Alusi spoke at a conference on terror last week. "In Israel, there is no occupation, there is liberalism"
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- jamesotis, on 09/14/2008, -0/+7"In Israel, there is no occupation, there is liberalism" -- Iraqi MP
- bernk1, on 09/16/2008, -0/+5FROM THE ARTICLE:
"Alusi made his first trip to Israel in September 2004 to participate in a counter-terrorism conference. Apparently as payback, extremists murdered his two sons, 22 and 30.
"The terrorists "will try to kill more. They will try to stop us. It should give us power to continue, to believe in ourselves," he told The Jerusalem Post in an interview at the time.
"Alusi was given the American Jewish Committee's Moral Courage award following his sons' deaths."
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